Great post by teacher blogger Jose Vilson (hat tip: Joanne Jacobs) on giving kids what they need, instead of what they want. This is what enforcing classroom consequences looks like. Or should.
I care for you, and that’s why you’re not going on the trip tomorrow. Other teachers may protect you at their leisure. They may argue that you need the attention, and that you’ve deserved it academically, and to an extent they’re right. Yet, something makes my head itch at the thought that I’d let a repeat cutter attend a trip with students who truly deserve it. And of course, we know it’s not just you. The crew you hang out with influences your decisions to miss out on my afternoon announcements, my calls to you for better behavior and respect for all teachers, not just the ones you feel like respecting.
Read the whole thing here. First-rate stuff. I hope his administration backs him up.
Thank you for linking me. I’m actually going to write a follow-up to that today.